User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- VCM Installation and Getting Started Guide
- Updated Information
- About This Book
- Preparing for Installation
- Installing VCM
- Using Installation Manager
- Installing and Configuring the OS Provisioning Server and Components
- Installing the Operating System Provisioning Server
- Preparing Boot Images for Windows Provisioning
- Copy the VCM Certificate to the OS Provisioning Server for Linux Provisioning
- Importing Distributions into the OS Provisioning Server Repository
- Configuring the OS Provisioning Server Integration with the VCM Collector
- Maintaining Operating System Provisioning Servers
- Upgrading or Migrating vCenter Configuration Manager
- Upgrade and Migration Scenarios
- Prerequisites
- Back up Your Databases
- Back up Your Files
- Back up Your Certificates
- Software Supported by the VCM Collector
- Migration Process
- Prerequisites
- Foundation Checker Must Run Successfully
- Use the SQL Migration Helper Tool
- Migrate Only Your Database
- Replace your existing 32-Bit Environment with the Supported 64-bit Environment
- How to Recover Your Machine if the Migration is not Successful
- Migrate a 32-bit environment running VCM 5.3 or earlier to VCM 5.4
- Migrate a 64-bit environment running VCM 5.3 or earlier to VCM 5.4
- Migrate a split installation of VCM 5.3 or earlier to a single-server install...
- After You Migrate VCM
- Upgrade Process
- Upgrading Existing Windows Agents
- Upgrading Existing Remote Clients
- Upgrading Existing UNIX Agents
- Upgrading VCM for Virtualization
- Getting Started with VCM Components and Tools
- Getting Started with VCM
- Discover, License, and Install Windows Machines
- Verifying Available Domains
- Checking the Network Authority
- Assigning Network Authority Accounts
- Discovering Windows Machines
- Licensing Windows Machines
- Installing the VCM Windows Agent on your Windows Machines
- Performing an Initial Collection
- Exploring Windows Collection Results
- Getting Started Collecting Windows Custom Information
- Discover, License, and Install UNIX/Linux Machines
- Discover, License, and Install Mac OS X Machines
- Discover, License, and Collect Oracle Data from UNIX Machines
- Customize VCM for your Environment
- How to Set Up and Use VCM Auditing
- Discover, License, and Install Windows Machines
- Getting Started with VCM for Virtualization
- Getting Started with VCM Remote
- Getting Started with VCM Patching
- Getting Started with Operating System Provisioning
- Getting Started with Software Provisioning
- Getting Started with VCM Management Extensions for Assets
- Getting Started with VCM Service Desk Integration
- Getting Started with VCM for Active Directory
- Accessing Additional Compliance Content
- Installing and Getting Started with VCM Tools
- Maintaining VCM After Installation
- Troubleshooting Problems with VCM
- Index
Contents
Updated Information 9
About This Book 11
Preparing for Installation 13
Use Installation Manager 14
Understand Installation Configurations 14
Understand Tools Installation 15
Check Prerequisites for Installation 15
Hardware and Software Requirements 15
Administration Rights 15
Default Network Authority Account 15
Collector Services Account 16
VMware Application Services Account 16
VCM Remote Virtual Directory 16
Secure Communications Certificates 16
Server Authentication 17
Understand Use of FIPS Cryptography by VCM 19
VCM Use of Microsoft Cryptographic Service Providers (CSPs) for Windows Machines 19
Cryptography for UNIX/Linux Platforms 19
Cryptography used in VCM Software Components 20
Supported Windows and UNIX Platforms 20
Installing VCM 21
Using Installation Manager 21
Installing and Configuring the OS Provisioning Server and Components 23
Installing the Operating System Provisioning Server 23
Best Practices 23
Install the OS Provisioning Server 23
Preparing Boot Images for Windows Provisioning 28
Create Windows Boot Image 28
Copy the VCMî ±Certificate to the OS Provisioning Server for Linux Provisioning 29
Importing Distributions into the OS Provisioning Server Repository 29
Create Directories for Windows Distributions 29
Import Windows Distributions 30
Import Linux/ESX Distributions 31
basicimport Command Options 32
Configuring the OS Provisioning Server Integration with the VCM Collector 32
Configure Stunnel on the OS Provisioning Server 33
Configure Stunnel on the VCM Collector 34
Confirm Stunnel Configuration 36
Maintaining Operating System Provisioning Servers 37
Backup the OS Provisioning Repository 37
Restore the OS Provisioning Repository From Backup 38
Managing the OS Provisioning Server System Logs 43
Upgrading or Migrating vCenter Configuration Manager 45
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